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Letters Patent No. 109,249, dated November 15, 1870.

iMPROVEiViENT ihi PAPER-CUTTING MACHINES "The schedule referred to in these Letters .Patent and making part at the name.

To all whom it may concern:

I, ISRAEL L. G. RIOE, of Cambridge, in the county of Middlescx and State of Massachusetts, have mvented certain new and useful Improvements in Mechines for Cutting Cards, of which the following is 'a complete specification. i r

Nature and Object of the Invention.

The nature of my invent-ion consists- First, in the combination of a. movable frame with a set of cutting-dies, ench :die having a. knife-edge, which forms'a'pnrt of the design to be out. When a. complete set of the dies is inserted in the frame, then the combined knife-edges form the design or outline which cuts the card. As these dies-may be made interchangeable, it is evident that with a. few sets of them a great variety of diflerent-shaped cnrds'mny be cut.

Second,in the'general arrangement and combination of the operating parts of the machine.

.DG'SCPQMIOR of the Drawing.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the entire ma chine.

Figure 2 is a vertical section of the same. Figure 3 is a. plan, showing the under side of the cutting-frame and dies.

Figures 4, 5, 6 show, in pcrspectivgnztrts of the .eutting-dies as they appear when out 03' the frame.

Figure 7 is a. plan of the frame in'jwhich dies of dilierent-designs are indicated by dotted lines.

General Description. 1

.A represents the general frame of the machine, to which all of operating parts are attached.

3 B, 0 0,1) 1) are sets of iceding-rclleru,.amnged as shown, and driven by the train of en-53' b, O' c,

EEhe shaft E, fig. 2, may be driven by at crank, E, or by any suitable device.

This shaft E carries two cams, E, one of which is shown atfig. 2. I

These two cams operate the levers L, one of which is shown at fig. 2.

M}, figs. 1, 2, 3, and 7, is a frame for holding the cutting-dies 1 I P P, &c., fig. 3, and moves up and down in the slides M M, fig. 1.

Motion is given to the cutting-frame M by the rods v M, fig. 2, which serve to hold the block upon which the cutting-dies work.

- This block may be arranged so as to be movable, and to admit being suited to the form required by the cutting-dies.

N is a plunger, which is also operated by the lovers L, it being connected to them by the rods N, fig. 2.

This plunger N serves to push out thecard after it has been cut, and to send it into the slide N.

l .The die-frame M is made of any suitable material, and in any desirable form, and is provided with screws S S S S, 866., cmvith some suitable device for fastening in the dies 1 P I" 1, data.

In figs. 4, 5, and 6, I have shownsome of the outting-dies, the cutting-edges up.

The knife-edges of these dies are ninde of unequalheight, so that they may cut shecringly. I in fig. 7 I have represented parts of the cuttingframe and dies of (lifi'ei'ent styles to show some of the varieties that may be used in composing a. cutting-die.

0 later.

If claim as my invention-- Qhe combination consisting of the holding-frame M and the interchangeable cutting-dies P P, 860., arranged substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

ISRAEL L. G. RICE.

Witnesses:

Wnmmm Ensox, E. A. Nroxcnson. 

